XXXI.–A List hf the Birds of the Anglo‐Egyptian Sudan, based on the Collections of Mr. A. L. Butler, Mr. A. Chapman and Capt,. H. Lynes, R.N., and Major Cuth‐bert Christy, R.A.M.C. (T.F.). Part IV. (concluded). Pelecanidæ–Struthionidæ

XXXI.–A List hf the Birds of the Anglo‐Egyptian Sudan, based on the Collections of Mr. A. L. Butler, Mr. A. Chapman and Capt,. H. Lynes, R.N., and Major Cuth‐bert Christy, R.A.M.C. (T.F.). Part IV. (concluded). Pelecanidæ–Struthionidæ

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1920.| the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 791 Melanophoyx ardesiaca.

Ardea ardesiaca Wagl. Syst. Av., Ardea, 1827, p. 189: Senegambia, Melanophoyx ardesiaca Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 373. Recorded by Heuglin from the White Nile and Sobat River, and from Lado by Emin.

Ardeola ralloides.

Ardea ralloides Scopoli, Annus i. Hist. Nat. 1769, p. 88: Carniola.

Ardeola ralloides Reichw. V. A.1. p. 3874. Herodias ralloides Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 872, 1908, p. 255, 1909, p. 89. [C. & L. coll.] 1 Jebel Ahmed Agha, Jan. U.N.

Ardeola ibis. Ardea ibis Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 144: Egypt. Bubulcus ibis Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 381. Herodias bubuicus (Aud.) ; Butier, Lbis, 1905, p. 372, 1908, p- 295.

[B. coll.] 2 Khartoum July; 1 Malakal May, 1 mouth of Zeraf river May, 3 Upper Nile “summer” Oct. Nov. U.N.; 1 Wau Apl. B.G. Extremely widely distributed, Butorides atricapilla atricapilla. Ardea atricapilla Afzelius, Kongl. Vet.-Akad. nya Handl. Stockh. xxv. 1804, p. 264: Sierra Leone.

Butorides utricapillus Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 370; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 373, 1908, p. 255.

[B. coll.] 1 Sherif Yakub Oct. B.N.; 1 Kenisa May, Mon. Generally distributed.

Butorides brevipes.

Ardea (Nycticorax) brevipes Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. Aves, 1. 1823, fol. m, Note 2: ‘‘ Habitat ad ripas Nili et ad Maris rubri littus.”

Butorides brevipes Keichw. V. A. i. p. 3872.

[B. coll.] 1 Port Sudan Apl. B.S.

‘This species takes the place of B. a. atricapilla on the shores

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